lezbplove
Canada
Today, I finally decided to tell my parents I was a lesbian. They spent the next few hours reading me the bible. FML
Collection
Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Same thing different taste
Anonymous
United Kingdom
Follow the lifescript
Today, I came out to my parents as lesbian. Surprisingly, they were OK with it… just as long as I still marry a dude, give them grandbabies, and keep the whole lesbian thing a deep, dark, shameful secret that we never talk about again. FML
TedX
Denial
Today, at 18, I finally told my mom I was gay. She spent the rest of the day bringing up my "future wife" at every possible chance she had. FML
Asterisk1009
United States
Today, I finally got the courage to tell my parents that I'm gay. My mom said "Yeah, we know." When I asked how they knew, my dad, without looking up from the tv, said, "We've been monitoring your Internet history." FML
Claire
The real me
Today, I finally told my parents I'm trans. My dad started crying and told me he loved me no matter what. My mother threw a chair at me, and told my dad it was his "wife-like" behaviour that made me this way. She then prayed out loud for an hour for God to send her a real husband and son. FML
Anonymous
United States
Today, after weeks of thinking and playing every outcome possible in my head, I told my parents I'm gay. My dad nodded and didn't even look up from his book; my mom told me to go to the doctor if it starts to itch. FML
GuyWhoCameOutFinally
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Casual homophobia
Today, I came out to my parents and siblings as gay. They were very accepting and asked me why I waited until I was 25 to do so. I didn't have the heart to tell them it was their own homophobic remarks that kept me closeted since I realized it at 14, and that a previous coming-out to a parent was dismissed as 'a phase'. FML
ClosetMishap
Canada
Today, I told my friends I had been hiding something that I wanted to come clean on. My one friend responds by saying, "FINALLY you come out of the closet. It's about time." I'm not gay. I was just going to tell them my parents were getting a divorce. FML
Anonymous
Today, I came out to my therapist as gay. Claiming that my parents "can't be that homophobic", my therapist outed me to them. They kicked me out of the house. FML
Anonymous
Vicious
Today, I broke up with my boyfriend of 5 years after finally realizing I'm a lesbian. He then outed me to my very religious and conservative family. FML
Anonymous
Steele, United States
God is Dead 6: Electric Boogaloo
Today, I finally mustered up the courage to tell my overly-religious parents that I'm an agnostic. They asked me why. As soon as I gave my reasons, my mom called me a "bigot" and hurled a bible at me, and it nailed me in the crotch. She then said, "That's what you get, non-believer." FML
Top comments
DarkJoy_fml 5
I'm so sorry OP. I want to comment before the comments get shut off since moderators seem much more sensitive these days and I know that this is going to turn into a religious debate. I was raised Mormon and have a gay friend that was raised Mormon with me. They tried sending him to therapy, he tried praying it away etc. etc. He is now with his boyfriend. Stay true to yourself and your nature. Don't let a 2000 year old book, translated through multiple languages, with ridiculous messages get you down. You need to be happy with who you are :)
DanniNell 13
don't let people judge you! just be yourself no matter what people say or do.
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Comments (263)
Emrysa 1
So put some lesbian **** in the DVD player, and when they freak out, tell them, oh, I thought this was force your lifestyle on other people day.
xGet_Over_It 0
Ha, clever.
beastxmanx45123 0
win
Snowstar 0
^win?
Dennisse_47 17
hahaha love this^ definite win XD
Pineapple_Salad 14
^DO IT DO IT DO IT
Mitch_Connor 11
Leviticus 18:22 YDI
Doortje 30
Wow, I'm really sorry OP. Hopefully they just need some time to accept it and they'll be fine with it soon.
sparta98 4
I opened the comments expecting to see a ton of anti-homosexuality remarks. I didn't. I'm glad there are still people out there who haven't chained their lives to some story-book.
beastxmanx45123 0
yea that's what I was expecting to.
nuhuh 1
Nope. Just a lot of anti-religion comments. How ironic.
MatGag17895 11
Even though I have christian faith, I don't think your parents should try to force you to believe to what the bible says. I have a lesbian aunt and even though my family and I are against this, we let her be lesbian if she wants to. One of my sisters is atheist, but we still respect her in her choice. We don't try to force her to believe anything. The same should go for everyone.
KVKdragon 26
I completely agree with you. thank you for being one of the few who aren't dissing my faith in God
texaschick82 0
I definitely agree, Christianity is not about forcing religion on people. You tell people about the Word and help them come to God, if they choose not to then that is there choice that is why God gave us the freedom to choose what we believe in
angelabbeigh 0
you 'let her be lesbian if she wants to'? You realize she doesn't need you're families permission to live how she wants. Just because you're religious doesn't mean you get to dictate how others live.
perradize 0
SMH sorry OP! I can't understand your pain because my parents were cool about it but I have friends who have been through this! seriously, it could have been much worse so consider yourself lucky kiddo!
jagd 0
next time they swear bring out the old bible
Zebidee 9
It sucks that you had to go through that, but realistically, if your parents are religious to that extent, you'd had to have expected some sort of a reaction. In the scheme of things, this is probably on the low end of the scale of things they could have done.
albinoV 1
Those sort cast all religious people in a bad light. I'm Christian, and have an openly gay relative. I say good on her, it's who she is. Same to you OP. It's disgusting how some people use religion to push their own agenda: God doesn't hate gay people.
Miss_Jazzalyn 4
That really sucks for OP. Like others have done, I'd just like the reassure you that we're (Christians) not all like that. I've got a friend who's bisexual with a preference for women (she's a girl) - I didn't know when I first met her, but I've never treated her any different after I found out. Also - seconded what #80 says about God not hating gay people.